Steven Moffat Quotes

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.
Steven Moffat

Nothing, Saying, Boring

People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it.
Steven Moffat

Great, Art, Writing

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.
Steven Moffat

Failure, Made, Between

The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
Steven Moffat

Enemy, Everything, Comedy

The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.
Steven Moffat

Good, Writing, Put

To me, a 'brand' sounds evil.
Steven Moffat

Evil, Sounds, Brand

Well, I'm permitted to say anything I like. I just don't.
Steven Moffat

When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women.
Steven Moffat

Women, Men, Confidence

When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious.
Steven Moffat

May, Friends, Serious

You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.
Steven Moffat

Business, Stupid

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Writer

Born: November 18, 1961

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